Re: Nvidiagate: which models are affected?

Posted on 2023-02-25, 19:49

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by Rikintosh

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Now, pulling from memory, I can name a few that are typical for causing problems: iBook G3 (upside down video chip) and G4 (especially nvidia fx and ati 9xxx) Compaq Presario 1800 (video chip is upside down) Imac G4 Sunflower imac g5 with radeon any Thinkpad with ATI Radeon (which has memory on top …

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Re: Nvidiagate: which models are affected?

Posted on 2023-02-25, 00:17

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by Rikintosh

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NForce 2 chipset can't bumpgate. At all. It's not BGA. Both chips are connected to PCB through wires, like old CPUs in ceramic packaging. While chip external connection is indeed BGA, that's rarely an issue. Well , something is causing these symptoms . Probably a bad soldering job from the factory …

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Re: Nvidiagate: which models are affected?

Posted on 2023-02-24, 22:24

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by Rikintosh

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I live in Brazil and it's very hot here. In my experience: Geforce 6xxx all have ball problems, but will work for a few years before showing the problem, except for the 6800 (there were 6800 that failed after 3 months of use, and that failure was on the die, I have one). Gf6200 desktop especially …

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Re: Nvidiagate: which models are affected?

Posted on 2023-02-23, 22:47

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by Rikintosh

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On Desktop, any GPU starting with the 6xxxx series until the 2xx series. I think that even the FX5800 was already affected, or it was the very bad cooling it had. Chipsets, anything newer than nforce 3. On laptop gpus, 6xxx series until at least the 3xx series, I had a laptop with a Geforce 315m …

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Nvidiagate: which models are affected?

Posted on 2023-02-23, 16:36

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by Rikintosh

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I remember that in 2007, 2008, there was that scandal of the nvidia chipsets with manufacturing defects in the solders used (but that was actually the fault of the company that manufactured them, which also manufactured for ATI/AMD and were also affected, but the fault fell only on nvidia). …

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Re: HELP - ATI All in Wonder vga cable

Posted on 2023-02-22, 23:44

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by Rikintosh

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I paid very cheaply for it, but I hadn't noticed the lack of a vga port. I think I have only two alternatives left, either I return it to the seller, or I find out the pinout and solder a vga output using any vga dongle.

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HELP - ATI All in Wonder vga cable

Posted on 2023-02-22, 23:14

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by Rikintosh

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Does anyone know the name, code of this cable? The 9600 All in Wonder doesn't have a vga output, instead it has this weird connector, which uses a pigtail with vga, rca outputs, etc... But I don't have it!

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Re: Do you know any equipment that uses PowerPC 603e?

Posted on 2023-02-16, 19:49

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by Rikintosh

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Unfortunately the processor was severely corroded, and when it touched its legs, it ended up breaking. I think I found a somewhat workable solution: I have an old ibook g3 500mhz dual usb that suffered an accident, and the only good thing left on it was its motherboard. I will adapt it to the case …

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Re: Do you know any equipment that uses PowerPC 603e?

Posted on 2023-02-15, 00:07

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by Rikintosh

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https://everymac.com/systems/by_processor/powerpc603e.html https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/MPC603EEC.pdf Thank you very much, I looked for schematic all over the internet and I couldn't find it. I needed this to know what the function of the broken pins was. Apparently, I'm out of some GND, …

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Re: Do you know any equipment that uses PowerPC 603e?

Posted on 2023-02-14, 23:27

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by Rikintosh

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I was thinking maybe I could solder a PLC socket and fit the processor in it, does anyone know how many legs this processor has? (I can't count because I have astigmatism) Is there a plc socket for it?

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Re: Do you know any equipment that uses PowerPC 603e?

Posted on 2023-02-14, 16:33

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by Rikintosh

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Looking around for alternate part numbers from Freescale and Atmel production, which I think went on longest and latest, and even those seem to be going at $75-$150 from shady suppliers that sell quantity not singles. As far as I can see it looks like you could get a Performa 6400 motherboard for …

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Re: Do you know any equipment that uses PowerPC 603e?

Posted on 2023-02-14, 14:55

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by Rikintosh

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It's a Mac Performa 6360 (same board as the 6400 but in a horizontal case). Not only did the battery leak, but this computer was from a coastal region, and it suffered greatly from salt water vapor that corroded over the years and also aggravated battery corrosion. When I tried to turn it on, I …

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Do you know any equipment that uses PowerPC 603e?

Posted on 2023-02-13, 23:30

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by Rikintosh

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I recently found a Mac Performa but unfortunately the battery leaked and corroded things around it. I was able to recover most of it, but my problem is that the processor's legs are gone. I need to find a replacement 603e. I remember seeing it once or twice in network equipment, but I don't remember …

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CD Audio Emulation in MS-DOS

Posted on 2022-11-02, 04:26

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by Rikintosh

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I'm organizing my game library, I have two big categories: Original ISOs, and Games that are ready to play. My problem is in the folder with the games ready to play, they are patched versions so I don't need the CD in the drive, and I love them, because they're compact, and I can just put them on a …

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A few tips for anyone looking to use a retro laptop to play games (Compaq Presario 1800XL)

Posted on 2022-10-22, 18:35

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by Rikintosh

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The best gaming laptop for Win98: After many years of searching, I finally managed to get my hands on a Compaq Presario 1800XL. In my opinion, this is the best laptop for retro gaming Windows 98. It's from the end of Compaq's golden age, before it was acquired by HP, so it's still well built and …

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ESS (Solo?) incredibly bad, help!

Posted on 2022-10-19, 02:15

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by Rikintosh

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I have a compaq armada 7800 notebook with an ESS sound card. I've had ESS boards in the past and I don't remember them sounding as bad as this one. Could this be a driver issue? My problems start when I tried to set the midi as Sound Blaser Compatible. There is no sound. I need to set my games to …

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Re: A good 1150 processor for passive cooling?

Posted on 2022-10-14, 21:38

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by Rikintosh

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I ran Xeon E3-1231 v3 (~4770) on Scythe Mugen 2 with no fan no problem, air was circulating forced by psu fan only. This old cooler never had 1150 clamps available "Socket LGA1366, LGA1155/6, 478, LGA775, AM3, AM2+, AM2, 754, 939, 940 compatible" so I managed to get it for something stupid like $5. …

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A good 1150 processor for passive cooling?

Posted on 2022-10-14, 18:03

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by Rikintosh

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I want to build an old game system on a budget. So I had this H81 motherboard, a 35w celeron (1820?) and an old classic xbox that I'm going to use as a case. But I want to use a processor that generates as little heat as possible. Unfortunately over/underclocking is not an option for me (the …

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What is the asus p5a-b bios chip?

Posted on 2022-09-23, 02:46

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by Rikintosh

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Could someone who has an Asus P5A-B (AT) be kind enough to let me know the model of the chip (or a photo)? I bought a motherboard that came without the chip, I have the eeprom reader/writer, but I don't know which chip model to buy

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Re: Asus P5A-B - What's missing here?

Posted on 2022-09-16, 22:39

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by Rikintosh

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I also got this unknown board, which I assume is some variation of pc chips, or low end brand of low quality. I bought this one just to resell it. From the pictures I assume she has a cmi8330 "sound pro"

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